| Abstract [eng] |
Statistics provided by the Department of Prisons reveal the most pressing problematic aspects of the institute of probation from prison, the importance of examining the number of imprisoned persons. Between 2019 and 2020, the number of imprisoned persons per 100000 inhabitants decreased, and the conditions for this were created by a significant increase in the use of parole for convicted persons. Such progress was largely due to the corrections to the Criminal Procedure and Penal Code of the Republic of Lithuania, which came into force from the 1st of July, 2020, as well as the more frequent imposition of court sentences in practice that are not related to deprivation of liberty. The work consists of four main parts: a discussion of the development of the regulation of probation in Lithuania, an analysis of the problems of the application of probation, an analysis of the procedure for the execution of probation on probation from prison, and reviews of the procedure and problematic aspects of the execution of the sentence after probation. The first part of the work discusses the concept of probation, which is not presented in the legal acts of the Republic of Lithuania. The main goals of the institute of probation are analyzed, presenting the concept of resocialization as the main goal of this institute, as well as an overview of the practice of application of this institute and the development of regulation in Lithuania. The second part analyzes the problematic aspects of the application of the parole institute, which are presented by analyzing the general conditions of the application of parole, attention is drawn to the fact that in Lithuania, from 2020 July 1 the articles of the Penal Code and Probation Laws that have come into force, which had an influence on the process of the execution of sentences, the problem of punishments given to convicts is analyzed, differentiated according to the severity of the committed crime, the application of the parole institute to individual groups of persons is reviewed, the problem of the distribution of competences of the subjects of the application of parole is presented and analyzed, intensive supervision is analyzed application to convicts and regulation of non-application of parole from prisons. The third part of the work reviews the obligations and prohibitions applied to convicts during the probation process, the programs for convicts carried out by the probation services, and statistics are presented. Also, the third part discusses the conditions for termination of probation and execution. The last part of the paper analyzes the possible prospects of the parole institute, presenting statistics and probable trends. Emphasizes the importance of more frequent application of probation. |
